Prevalence of Toxoplasma Infection in Mexican Newborns and Children: A Systematic Review from 1954 to 2009

Table 1

Serological studies in live birth and children with Toxoplasma infection.

Ref.	Year	Author	Location	Test	Cases	Positives cases	Crude prevalence (%)	Population
[13]	1954	Gutiérrez et al.	Mexico	CF	58	13	22.4	Symptomatic
[9]	1962	Roch and Bravo Becherelle	Mexico	SF	2,186	40	1.9	Asymptomatic
[10]	1965	Espinosa de los Reyes et al.	Mexico	SF	329	6	1.8	Asymptomatic
[11]	1974	Biagi et al.	Mexico	CF	367	25	6.8	Asymptomatic
[7]	1989	Galván-Ramírez and Garzón de la Mora	Guadalajara	IFAT	807	22	2.7	Symptomatic
[12]	2007	Galván-Ramírez et al.	Guadalajara	IFAT	30	4	13.3	Symptomatic
			Guadalajara	IFAT	30	2	6.6	Asymptomatic
			Guadalajara	IFAT	60	3	5	Asymptomatic
[5]	2005	Vela-Amieva et al.	Mexico	ELISA	1,001	2	0.2	Asymptomatic
[6]	2009	Galvan-Ramirez et al.	Guadalajara	ELISA	860	5	0.6	Asymptomatic
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Ref: reference; CF: complement fixation; SF: Sabin & Feldman dye test, ELISA: enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; IFAT: immunofluorescence. Reference [12] included three groups.